Shoe-lace holder.



E. BURKET.

SHOE LACE HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30,1911.

1 ,137,381 Patented Apr. 27, 1915.

rHE NORRIS PETERS C0,, PHOTO-LITHO, WASHINGTON. D. C,

l i 1 Emma BURKETQ 'WAYNE, PENNSYLVANIA.

v s ren-Lacs HOLDER.

citizen of the United States, andaresidentof Wayne,'Delaware county, Pennsylvania, have; nvented certain improvements; in

Shoe-Lace Holders, of which the following thereto; Opposite'portions of one or-both is-a specification.

One objectof the above noted general classwhich may be quickly and easily adjustedsto suit [various lengths of-laces, which shall hold the latter sothat they present a neat appearance, and

V which shall .so retain the laces that-they cannot slip. V These objects and other advantageous ends I secure as hereinafter set forth, .ref-

erence being hadto the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1, is a perspective 'view of one form of my invention, illustratingtheposi- 7 tion and arrangement of the ends of a shoe I lace relative thereto when applied to the upper of a shoe according to. my invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view on an enlarged scale showing in detailthe relative disposition of one of the lace ends and its holder; Fig. 3, is'an' enlarged vertical section further illustratingthe construction of the invention; Fig. 4c, is aplan of the hold ing device similar to that shown in Fig. 1,

this figure and Fig. 3 also showing an auX- iliary holding loop which may sometimes be used though the-device may be used without it; Fig. 5, is a vertical section of the holder shown in Fig.3 and taken on the line aa thereof, and Fig. 6, is a perspective view of the upper of a shoe showing a slightly modified form of the invention as applied thereto;

In the above drawings, 1 represents the upper of a shoe, at each side of the top of which, preferably 'in' line withfthe rows of the ordinary and well known lace holding eyelets or hooks, are mounted socket pieces 2 for the reception of hollow projecting members 3, each fixed to and preferably forming part of a circular double flanged Specificatibnp'f Letters-Patent. P t t Application filed Juneau, 191 1 Serial No. 636,214;

' with the-other.

piece .4. This-latter mounted to be free to slide longitudinally of an elongated end:

lesswire loop 5, which, if. desired, 'may be practically-elliptical in form, and which passes between-thez-flanges of-the part 4, so-

as to be permanently, though movably held of the flanges are preferably turned at right anglesto'aidin retaining, and guiding the loop 5 thereon. The partsQ and 3 of the device so formed-are similar in construction to the well knownform of glove fastener, being capable of detachable engagement one Under conditions of use the end of each shoelaceis doubled on itself for a suitable distance, and such doubled portion is afterward passed upwardly through one end of the loop 5, overthe top of the circular flange pieceii and..downthroughthe opposite'end of said loop. .I'The projecting part 3. ofthe holder, may thenl be entered intothe spring socket 2, andifthe lace has been properly adjusted as to its.len-gth,'there isrformed' at the top of each side. ofv the shoe abow-like mass of each shoe lace, while the said parts 2 and 3 maintain the;lower portions of the lace in the desired tight condition, which maintains the shoe in its laced condition 7 When it is desired to unlace the shoe, the part 3 of each holder is removed from its socket by merely grasping the bow portion 7 6 of the lace and pulling the same outwardly, whereupon the lace may be removed from or loosened in "the eyelets or, hooks at the Apr. 27,1915;

top of the shoe in the well known manner,

although if eyelets without hooks be employed, as on some forms of shoes, there is usually a sufiicient length of lace between each holder and the first eyelet to allow of the lower portions of said lace being slacked off sufliciently to permit of the shoe being removed from the foot of the wearer.

It is to be noted that by mounting the loop I 5 so that thepart 4 may slide longitudinally thereof, it is possible to very conveniently adjust the length of the lace and retain it in any given position so that the shoe may be laced with any degree of tightness, since the top portion 7 of the lace may be pulled upwardly, to draw tight the body thereof and thereafter the looped end may be pulled down to take up the slack so formed.

Thereafter as tension is exerted upon the body portion of the lace, the end of the loop 5 adjacent thereto is pulled toward said its body, thereby causing the opposite end of said loop to pinch or compress the opposite double end of the lace between itself and the edges of the flanged piece 4: effectually preventing the lace from slipping through the holder.

In some instances'I may replace the pro j'ection and socket members? and. 2 for holding the device to theshoe, by some form of: auxiliary loop or catch such: as that indicated in Fig. 4, at 8, or in some instances I may employ this on a-lace holder which alsoihas a projecting member 3, in order that it may" be used either. with a shoe equipped with socket members 2 or maybe employed on a shoe merely having lace hooks upper portion of a shoe or to any other desired object. It may also, in someinstances, be employed as a necktie holder merely by increasing its size to the required degree and arranging the ribbon of the-tie in any of the ways well known in the art. 1

In Fig.6 I have shown an arrangement of shoe laces and holder in which two members like 3 are designedto fit together,.their construction preferably being identical eX- cept that oneof the members is'made of suitable size to properly enter and hold in th other; Onelace end is then mounted in.

one of the members as'shown in Fig. 3,

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' while the other is passed down through the loop 5, over the outer face of the part 3 which now serves as a receivingsocket, and up through the loop 5. The two holding members or parts 3 may now be snapped togetherthus holdingthe laces as shown in v Fig. 6. V I claim :fl

1. A holder for shoe laces and 'thelike consisting of an elongated wire loop a snap fastener having its top surface substantially parallel withthe plane of the l'oop; with two parallel integralflanges on onefmember of said fastener extending on opposite sides of the loop andslidably guided thereon so ends thereof. 7 V 1, 1

2. A holder for shoe lacesand the like consisting of an elongated wire loop a snap fastener having its top surface substantially as to be free to move toward andfrom the parallel with the plane of the loop, with two parallel integral flanges on one member-1 of said fastener extending on opposite sides of the loop and slidably guided thereon so as to be free tomove toward and from the ends thereof, opposite portions of'theflang e edges being bent toward eachother to embrace'the' edges of the loop.

In testimony whereof,.I have signed my of two.subscribing-witnesses. 7 EL R'BURKET;

name to this specification, in thep'resence Wvitnessesz l/VILLIAM l1. BRADLEY,

WM. A BARR.

Washington, D. C. 

